The design comes from the Zurich office Monoplan, which in collaboration with the facade planner IFP Weber from Argenbühl developed a unique outer skin made of glass for the building and combines the facade and product presentation into one unit. Five floors, a showroom on the ground floor and 130 new office workplaces. The new customer centre includes conference, training and event rooms.
The glass structure of the facade
The glass shell that acts as a double glass facade shows how the items from the Liebherr product range are displayed like a type case: From the first floor upwards, Liebherr devices are presented as a component of the facade in a total of 36 glass showcases. These stand out from the flat glass surface and are surrounded by slim, double-shell metal frames. The display cases are illuminated at night and make the facade a visible eye-catcher.
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The double glass facade is designed with triple insulating glass on the room side and open on the outside with a second skin made of laminated safety glass. The Gewe-therm sun triple insulating glass with Gewe-com connect was ultimately the method of choice: sun protection glass Gewe-therm not only allows maximum daylight to enter, but also prevents the rooms from heating up from intense solar radiation.
The triple insulating glass has two low-E coatings. However, these not only reflect thermal radiation, they also shield almost completely the high-frequency waves that are necessary for mobile communication. But Gewe-com connect from Schollglas makes the insulating glass transparent to the mobile radio signals. This is achieved by special laser processing of the sun and heat protection coatings.
Laser processing enables better phone calls
Gewe-com connect ensures undiminished network quality inside the building and thus better mobile radio reception. The mobile devices are no longer constantly looking for an available mobile network and can therefore reduce their transmission and reception performance. This extends the battery life and significantly reduces personal radiation exposure.
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In an existing building on the site, the cell phone reception is very impaired - that is why the planning parties were looking for a better solution for the new building. Schollglas advised architects, facade planners and Liebherr's construction department on the choice of a suitable glass that should solve this problem.
For example, Gewe-safe double laminated safety glass panes are used on the outer facade level, which - with the exception of the display cases - have been provided with a star-shaped decorative screen print grid to make the external appearance of the ceiling panels appear less hard and to ensure a certain privacy.
